2016 might have sucked — sucked! — for many, but it did not especially suck for Elon.

Despite a January that kicked off with a Tesla in Norway going up in literal flames on New Years Day, Elon Musk had a very busy and mostly good year! Think of this as a (very) extended version of that “Me At The Beginning/End of 2016” meme, but Muskier.

July

We’re halfway home, y’all, and in case you took a break to get snacks and need a reminder of exactly how we got here, check out this roundup of the 10 most bonkers things Musk said in the first six months of 2016. They are quite something.